Mounting floppy disk without becoming root

ctux · 07-31-2004, 05:57 PM

To mount the floppy disk i have to become root. How can i mount it without changing user log?

I have Mandrake 10, and furthermore, I can not change user owners, being root, of the floppy disk (the owner is root). And i can not change the permissions!!

So i have to log as root every time i need to use a floppy disk.

Any help?

b0uncer · 07-31-2004, 06:25 PM

yup. just open up your /etc/fstab with a text-editor and locate the line telling about your floppy (usually /dev/fd0) that looks a bit like this:

/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto user,noauto 0 0

check that you have the "user" in the list at the fourth column, and not just "owner" or something..that ought to help. after saving you should be able to mount it as a normal user with

mount /mnt/floppy

(if /mnt/floppy is the dir you mount your floppy in)

ctux · 08-01-2004, 11:49 AM

Thank you very much!

Now i can use floppy and usb-bar without typing "su"

: )